Lesson Plan: Representing Small Values of Physical Quantities Physics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to use scientific notation and unit prefixes to divide values of physical quantities by various powers of ten.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- learn unit prefixes and their symbols corresponding to division by factors of , , , , and ,
- convert between scientific notation and decimal form values that are less than 1.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- scientific notation.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- arithmetic using scientific notation.